Race Condition Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [9.0.0.M1, 9.0.107)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-10676854
  • published11 Jul 2025
  • disclosed15 Jun 2025
  • creditNacl, 12SqweR, WHOAMI, yyzmoo

Introduced: 15 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-52434  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 9.0.107 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core is a Core Tomcat implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition on connection close when using the APR/Native connector. An attacker could trigger a JVM crash by rapidly opening and closing HTTP/2 connections. The likelihood of hitting the race condition increases if the connections are closed from the client side.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1